Social and Emotional Skills for Better Lives Findings from the OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills 2023
Social and Emotional Skills for Better Lives Findings from the OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills 2023

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2024-04-26

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9264457747

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Social and Emotional Skills for Better Lives presents results from the OECD’s Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES) 2023. SSES is the largest international effort to collect data on these skills among 10- and 15-year-old students. The report explores how the following skills differ by socio-demographic groups and how they relate to key life outcomes: task performance skills (persistence, responsibility, self-control and achievement motivation); emotional regulation skills (stress-resistance, emotional control and optimism); engaging with others skills (assertiveness, sociability and energy); open-mindedness skills (curiosity, creativity and tolerance); and collaboration skills (empathy and trust). The results show that students’ social and emotional skills – or 21st century skills – are linked to better life outcomes, including academic success, greater life satisfaction, healthier behaviours, less test and class anxiety, and more ambitious career plans. The Survey also finds that these skills are inequitably distributed among students by age, gender, and socio-economic background. SSES 2023 was conducted in Bulgaria, Chile, Peru, Spain, Mexico, Ukraine, Bogotá (Colombia), Delhi (India), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Gunma (Japan), Helsinki (Finland), Jinan (China), Kudus (Indonesia), Sobral (Brazil) and Turin (Italy). Results are compared to SSES 2019, which took place before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Educational Research and Innovation What Does Child Empowerment Mean Today? Implications for Education and Well-being
Educational Research and Innovation What Does Child Empowerment Mean Today? Implications for Education and Well-being

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2024-05-15

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 9264737375

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Childhood is changing in ways that we are still unpacking, affected by digitalization, globalization and climate change, as well as shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In many OECD education systems, child empowerment is increasingly an explicit aim of policies and practices. But it is often poorly defined, which risks turning it into a mere slogan. With the advancement of children’s rights, children are increasingly being included as stakeholders in decision-making processes. This report gives examples of how children in OECD countries can and do participate in making decisions about issues that affect them. The report examines children's emotional well-being and physical activity, and the role of schools as a physical space to create and support relationships. It also underlines the untapped potential of media education when it comes to seizing opportunities in childhood. Empowering all children to make the most of digital opportunities starts with further narrowing the gap in terms of access to digital tools and the Internet, where inequalities are persistent and pervasive. So, what does child empowerment mean today? Empowered children have the opportunity and ability to act on issues important and relevant to them, can learn by making mistakes, and are key contributors to democracy.

PISA 2022 Results (Volume III) Creative Minds, Creative Schools
PISA 2022 Results (Volume III) Creative Minds, Creative Schools

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2024-06-18

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9264575839

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The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students around the world know and can do. This volume – Volume III, Creative Minds, Creative Schools – is one of five volumes presenting the results of the eighth round of the PISA assessment. For the first time, in 2022, PISA assessed students’ capacity to engage in creative thinking in 64 countries and economies, defined as students’ capacity to produce original and diverse ideas. This volume describes student performance in creative thinking in different contexts and how creative thinking performance and attitudes vary across and within countries and economies. It examines differences in performance by student characteristics, including gender and socio-economic status, as well as school-characteristics. The volume also offers an insight into school leader and teacher attitudes towards creative thinking, how opportunities for students to engage in creative thinking vary across schools, and how these factors are associated with student outcomes.

Skills for Social Progress
Skills for Social Progress

Author: Oecd

Publisher:

Published: 2015-03-10

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9789264226142

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Today's children will need a balanced set of cognitive, social and emotional skills in order to succeed in modern life. Their capacity to achieve goals, work effectively with others and manage emotions will be essential to meet the challenges of the 21st century. While everyone acknowledges the importance of socio-emotional skills such as perseverance, sociability and self-esteem, there is often insufficient awareness of 'what works' to enhance these skills. Teachers and parents don't really know whether their efforts at developing these skills are paying off, and what they could do better. Policies and programmes designed to measure and enhance socio-emotional skills vary considerably within and across countries. This report presents a synthesis of the OECD's analytical work on the role of socio-emotional skills and proposes strategies to raise them. It analyses the effects of skills on a variety of measures of individual well-being and social progress, which covers aspects of our lives that are as diverse as education, labour market outcomes, health, family life, civic engagement and life satisfaction. The report discusses how policy makers, schools and families facilitate the development of socio-emotional skills through intervention programmes, teaching and parenting practices. Not only does it identify promising avenues to foster socio-emotional skills, it also shows that these skills can be measured meaningfully within cultural and linguistic boundaries.

International Summit on the Teaching Profession Reimagining Education, Realising Potential
International Summit on the Teaching Profession Reimagining Education, Realising Potential

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2024-04-26

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9264535802

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Students face a future filled with uncertainty and change. For education systems to continue to remain relevant, they must empower students to navigate these changes and succeed in the future by equipping them with the requisite knowledge, skills, attitudes and values. Teachers are key enablers of this endeavour, and it is imperative that governments and teacher organisations collaborate to support teachers in exploring and enacting pedagogies, and designing learning environments that support student attainment of future-ready competencies, through policies, processes and teacher professional development.

Equity and Inclusion in Education Finding Strength through Diversity
Equity and Inclusion in Education Finding Strength through Diversity

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2023-01-31

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 9264480935

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Governments and education policy makers are increasingly concerned with equity and inclusion in education due to several major global trends such as demographic shifts, migration and refugee crises, rising inequalities, and climate change. These developments have contributed to increasing diversity within national populations and flagged some concerns around the ability of education systems to be equitable and inclusive of all students.

OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Southeast Asia Skills for a Post-COVID Recovery and Growth
OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Southeast Asia Skills for a Post-COVID Recovery and Growth

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2023-03-22

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 9264793909

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Skills are the key to shaping a better future, enabling countries and people to thrive in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world. Megatrends such as globalisation, technological progress, demographic change, migration, and climate change, and most recently COVID-19, are reshaping work and society, generating a growing demand for higher levels and new sets of skills.

PISA 2022 Results (Volume II) Learning During – and From – Disruption
PISA 2022 Results (Volume II) Learning During – and From – Disruption

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2023-12-05

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9264898212

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This is one of five volumes that present the results of the eighth round of assessment, PISA 2022 – which was conducted during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Volume II, Learning During – and From – Disruption, focuses on resilience in education and analyses its relevance for education systems, schools and students.